prelude: | require "fileutils" def prepare num_files = 10000 basename = File.dirname($0) data_dir = File.join(basename, "bm_require.data") # skip if all of files exists if File.exist?(File.join(data_dir, "c#{num_files}.rb")) return end FileUtils.mkdir_p(data_dir) 1.upto(num_files) do |i| File.write("#{data_dir}/c#{i}.rb", "class C#{i}\n""end\n") end end prepare benchmark: require_thread: | $:.push File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "bm_require.data") i=0 t = Thread.new do while true i = i+1 # dummy loop end end 1.upto(100) do |i| require "c#{i}" end $:.pop t.kill loop_count: 1